Where does the lava for your lava beads come from?
Authentic lava beads are brown, black, light black, and in some cases, reddish brown. When a volcano erupts, as the lava spreads and cools, it becomes solid, porous, and black. White and colored forms are either dyed or made from a similar stone (such as pumice). Pumice is like lava, but mixes with more air as it hardens to foam, then solidifies as rock. Pumice stone is a mixture of rock, volcanic ash (volcanic dust), air, and gas.
It has to be extremely hot to melt rock: All lava is created under volcanos where the temperatures reach between 600 and 1,300 degrees Celsius (1,100 and 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit). The molten rock is called magma.
Active volcanos contain a section inside where the magma collects and over time pressure builds which forces the magma out. Once it hits the surface the magma becomes lava. Sometime the lava escapes in slow leaks, other times it explodes in the eruptions we think of as earth changing.
Volcanoes around the world carry one of three classifications: active, dormant, or extinct. Volcanoes that have erupted as recent as 10,000 years or less are still considered as active by experts.
Some cultures do not allow for the mining of lava, it is considered disrespectful. These include Hawaii and New Zealand. So the lava beads are likely mined/sourced in Spain, South America and even Colorado where at least one volcano in the state is considered to be active!